As Australian society and the community develop throughout the years, many people are opting for healthier food choices, healthier lifestyles, and overall, are just more health conscious. Thus, the issue of smoking cigarettes and the health hazards it engenders has become a popular topic among the public. Recently, in Australia, legislation was passed that requires all cigarettes to be sold in plain green packaging, with no branding. The introduction of this legislation has stirred up much commotion, causing people to voice their opinion through the media. In the opinion article:’ Plain cigarette packaging will change smoking… slowly’, (No Date, The Conversation), Paul Harrison conveys his support for the new legislation, as he believes, from his extended research, that it can help to discourage smoking. On the other hand, Brendan O’Neill displays an opposing viewpoint through his opinion article, ‘Plain packaging is an infringement of free speech’ (26 November 2011, The Australian), suggesting that this new law is yet another one of the government’s ways of suppressing the public’s right to freedom of speech.…